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Beyond Copenhagen: Can this new hotel be ‘World’s Greenest’?
After hosting delegates for the COP15 conference last December, a new Copenhagen hotel is promising to be one of the world’s greenest – pouncing on the growing trend of hotel chains expanding their offerings outside of guest comfort alone.
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Green lodging and eating in England
The upcoming 60-room Burgess Hill Premier Inn in West Sussex represents the latest evolution in environmentally-friendly budget hotels.
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All aboard the month-long Climate Change Express to Copenhagen
The Climate Change Express is a one-month, 9,000-kilometer journey that symbolically joins the site of the last global warming pact with what is hoped to be the birthplace of the next major, and stricter, treaty to combat climate change.
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Learn how sustainable and responsible tourism helps the bottom line from a panel of industry experts
World Travel Market is holding a one-day conference to educate the public on how sustainable, responsible tourism can actually benefit the global economy by bringing together some of the world’s most respected and experienced responsible tourism specialists.
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Instant translation services over the phone for travelers
LangCommLingo provides tourists, students, business travelers and vacationers instant access to interpreters in over 150 languages 24/7, 365 days of the year.
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Eco eating in Crete: new Responsible Travel programs help preserve culture with tourism and good food
Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries, the educational travel program noted for best practices in Responsible Travel, is offering a new workshop to educate professionals in tourism, conservation, agriculture, and the culinary arts from October 11-18, 2009 on how to implement programs that include heritage preservation, organic agriculture, and building mutually beneficial relations between local populations and the tourist trade.
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Newest and largest hotel in London will be ‘SuperGreen’
Park Plaza Hotels, owner and to-be-operator of the newly-constructed, heart-shaped, “SuperGreen” Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, believes that sustainable environmental practices reflect the expectations and desires of its guests, employees, stakeholders and partners in business.
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UK Businesses not making carbon reduction a priority
A new report by npower shows that in today’s economic climate, 8 out of 10 businesses feel that government targets to reduce CO2 emissions are unrealistic, with many not seeing the benefit of a small carbon footprint and relegating carbon reduction measures to concentrate on managing costs.
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Kenya is the fastest growing destination in 2009 for Europeans
Kenya has bounced back with a vengeance after suffering a dismal 2008 because of post-election rioting last January. One year after unrest hit the headlines, the East African safari and beach destination has topped the list of fastest growing long haul destinations.
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Green business travel takes a back seat to cost cutting for most companies
A study by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) and on-demand Travel & Expense firm KDS found that while companies are increasing their commitment to social responsibility, they are often putting cost-cutting ahead of the environment when it comes to business travel.
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UNWTO calls on tourism leaders to join the Green Economy
A new climate deal is expected to be reached at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the end of this year. The fundamental intention is to drop green house gas emissions to levels where global warming is tolerable, with clean energy focused consumption and production patterns, and with responsibility and benefits shared equitably by all states.
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Experience Europe like locals: new blog network lets travelers share tips
SpottedbyLocals.com offers modern travelers the opportunity to experience cities just like a local, by offering high quality and reliable travel information through a new network of blogs on European cities.
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Does "green travel" really work for today's travelers?
In today’s economy, travelers need to be price sensitive. “Going green” tends to cost more money, leaving consumers wondering whether being “green” really works while not trading in style and quality.
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Al Gore's "The Climate Project" European Summit hosted by The Tommy Hilfiger Group
Tommy Hilfiger has teamed up with The Climate Project, Al Gore’s eco-initiative, to show its support of their and assist the expansion of its cause in educating and motivating the public to behave in an eco-friendly and conscious way.
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'Dollar-for-Euro' campaign offers savings to culture-aware college students
Hostelsclub.com has launched an exclusive promotion for college students to travel throughout Europe affordably. The brand’s “$1 = €1″ campaign for US citizens allows students to maximize all of Europe’s cultural and commercial appeal.
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IMEX Green Awards 2009 open for entries
The most established award, the Green Meetings Award, increasingly attracts extremely strong entries from corporations and agencies worldwide that have embraced the principles of green meetings and, as a result, can demonstrate detailed environmental improvements and savings.
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First Green World Travel Awards
World Travel Awards European and Green Awards Ceremony takes place in one of the greenest places on earth – AquaCity, the luxurious Slovakian resort in Poprad, which is almost completely self-powered. Using geothermal water and energy from the sun, AquaCity is to host the ceremony on October 16, 2008.
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CULTOUR sets dates for 2009 in Germany
Next year, the CULTOUR Global Cultural Travel Fair will be held on June 3 and 4 in Cologne, Germany, only for professionals.
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Summertime brings Iceland into full view
During the summer months, Iceland really shines. With July’s sunset ranging from about 10:30 p.m. to midnight, it’s almost like getting two days for the price of one. Our advice? Sleep when you get back home.
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Carlson Hotels promotes responsible business one hotel at a time 
Going plastic-free at RockResorts 
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New York welcomes the return of Go Green Expo 
Disney inspires 1 million volunteers 
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